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Blackburn Rovers are starting to resemble a model of stability compared with
Nottingham Forest after Alex McLeish left his job at the City Ground
yesterday, having been in charge for just 40 days.

Nigel Adkins, Billy Davies and Roy Keane were among the names touted to be in
the running to succeed McLeish as Forest’s Kuwaiti owners started their
search for a fourth manager in seven months.

Henning Berg lasted 57 days at Ewood Park before Venky’s, Blackburn’s Indian
owners, replaced him with Michael Appleton — their fifth manager of the
season, including caretakers. As Blackburn’s status looks to be steadying,